Our team

Giellajohka is a homelike place where you feel like you're part of the whole community and its daily life. *“It’s like coming home – safe, with people around who genuinely listen and care.”* *“I feel truly heard and seen.”* – Customer Survey 2021

The staff are skilled and highly professional. The entire operation is characterized by a genuine desire to create meaningful, personalized experiences. Our team is attentive and eager to share knowledge and insights about the northern nature, culture, and its unique characteristics with those who visit us. We are also deeply committed to passing on our own sense of appreciation and respect for the northern wilderness and all that it represents.

Our core values are respect for nature, fellow human beings, and culture. Within our work community, we practice fairness and equality—and we treat our guests the same way. Our motto is: *Listen and be heard.* As a family-run business, we are able to offer customer-oriented and flexible services, grounded in the shared values of our family and staff.

As a small accommodation business with fewer than 50 guest spots, every visitor is truly seen and heard. They are not just part of a mass tourism revenue stream, but a genuine member of our community. This also creates the opportunity for guests to get to know one another—especially during our activities, where group sizes are intentionally kept small. To further support a sense of togetherness, we’ve created campfire areas and a multifunctional common house, where you can read books, play games, cook, watch the reindeer through the window, and simply enjoy time with locals and fellow guests.

In the future, we will continue on this path—one where everyone feels well. We won’t build aurora domes or glass igloos where the only view is a narrow slice of sky or the neighbor’s igloo. We won’t build structures or infrastructure in the wilderness. Wilderness disappears with development—and once it’s gone, it cannot be brought back. We choose team members who genuinely respect our guests, our work community, and nature. With these values, we’ve created a place where you can feel good—and so can we. And we’re truly happy that you’re here.